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Building life cycle and integrated design process

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam The life cycle and integrated design process can be understood as a design process to deliver a building, in which its relationship to the surrounding context,...

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Household biogas digesters

PartnersAuthor:  D.C. Uprety Subash Dhar Dong Hongmin Bruce A. Kimball Amit Garg Jigeesha Upadhyay Biogas is a flammable gas produced by organic materials after it has been decomposed and fermented by...

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Traditional building materials and design

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam The use of traditional building materials and design is often found itself in a difficult situation, that is either being under the threat of perished under the...

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Passive house design

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam Increasing awareness of energy efficiency and climate change has led to new developments in the building sector, including the concept of passive house, low carbon...

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Efficient lighting systems

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam Lighting in is reported to consume as much as 21% of the total energy use in buildings (Levine et al., 2007), and to account for about 17.5% of global electricity...

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Water efficiency

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam The use of water in buildings has an indirect but large contribution to energy and resource consumption. The production and distribution of water for buildings is...

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Carbon sink and low-carbon building materials

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam Materials and products used in building, such as steel and aluminum, are created by a production process of raw material extraction, raw material process, melting,...

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Greening the built environment

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam Greening the built environment is one of the most feasible and cost effective mitigation options for building sectors in rural and low density urban areas. Simple...

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Solar technologies

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi Nguyen Cam Solar technologies facilitate the extraction of a renewable energy source by harnessing power from the sun. There are two technological principles that can be used...

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Energy management and performance improvement

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam Once various energy efficiency measures have been deployed in a building, energy management and performance improvements can be put in place as a set of tools to:...

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Behaviour change catalysts

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam An effective measure to reduce energy consumption in buildings is to deploy technologies that have the ability to influence occupants’ behaviours towards a...

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Sustainable community design and practices

PartnersAuthor:  Wynn Chi-Nguyen Cam As the concept and practices of a sustainable built environment have evolved over the years, it is increasingly recognised that the scope should be expanded beyond...

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Cellulosic ethanol

PartnersAuthor:  Asian Institute of Technology Cellulosic ethanol is an alcohol produced from the feedstock available in wide variety of plant materials and agricultural residues. Although chemically...

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Cool roofs

PartnersAuthor:  Asian Institute of Technology Cool roofs can help reduce the heat island effect and also help improving the energy performance of the buildings. A cool roof can reflect the sun’s heat...

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Private Vehicle Demand Management

PartnersAuthor:  Mark Bachels, National PlaceMaking Executive, Environment and Planning, Parsons Brinckerhoff Robert Salter, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Development, Curtin University Sustainability...

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